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More Larry news and I could use some help (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 days ago by to c/cat@lemmy.world
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I've posted before about Larry. I thought he was a stray or more likely abandoned and I've been feeding him for over a month now and trying to find a home for him (my wife is allergic so I can't bring him in). I found out today he has a home. One of my neighbors owns him. The problem is he's very thin and not neutered and is allowed to roam around the neighborhood. It seems at least as far a I can tell he's not being taken care of. I'm really torn as to what to do. I've thought about confronting the neighbor but they don't speak English. Any advice would be appreciated.

Larry the cat in cat mint
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[–] 18 points 5 days ago* (5 children)

Personally, I have no qualms neutering any untagged/unchipped cats that start hanging around. At best it's providing a community service. At worst, I'm encroaching on some unknown neighbor's "freedom" to let their pets run wild and free. But mostly it's because it helps keep my inside cats calmer.

Larry looks like he's doing ok. I wouldn't have any immediate concerns about his diet.

Edit: is that a bed of catnip/cat mint?

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  • [–] 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

    Personally, I have no qualms neutering any untagged/unchipped cats that start hanging around.

    woah that's wild

    edit: and not in a good way

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  • [–] 2 points 4 days ago*

    Man we already got all the fuckin cats we need and the ones that are outdoors are a nuisance that murders the shit out of birds and other native wildlife.

    If someone is just letting their cat run around freely without any way of knowing the cat has an "owner" - I say get them neutered or spayed. At least it'll reduce the number of kittens and help with feral cat control.

    I say this as someone who's had multiple pet cats.

    Edit: to be clear I also am nice and friendly to the outdoor cats I see but it is kind of irresponsible to just let them run free in suburbia. Maybe out in the countryside I could see. But cats will kill for fun so it's not like keeping them well fed stops the whole bird murder machine problem.

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